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Paulo Coelho biopic details emerge
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Film about the Brazilian writer behind The Alchemist to wrap in Spain this week.
The Pilgrim: The Best Story of Paulo Coelho is to finish shooting in Spain’s Santiago de Compostela this week, after filming began in Rio de Janeiro on April 3.
The film is an 80-20 co-production between Brazil’s Dama Filmes, led by Carolina Kotscho and Iôna de Macedo, and Angélica Huete’s Babel Films in Spain.
Directed by Daniel Augusto, the script was informed by conversations between Coelho and producer-scriptwriter Carolina Kotscho.
Ravel and Júlio Andrade will play the young and old Coelho. Other cast members include Fabiana Gugli, Nancho Novo and Paz Vega.
De Macedo told Screen: “The film tells the story of a man who has a dream. It’s a little like Alice in Wonderland - he’s someone who is too big for his house.
“His parents wanted him to be an engineer but he ended up being tortured »
- jsardafr@hotmail.com (Juan Sarda)
Author Loe to co-direct Inventory
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Norwegian author Erlend Loe is to co-direct an adaptation of his latest work, Inventory (Vareopptelling).
Loe will share directing duties on the black comedy with producer Yngve Sæther. The film, currently in development, will mark the directorial debut for both.
It will be produced by by Hans-Jørgen Osnes and Sæther for Oslo’s Motlys.
Loe has also adapted his screenplay for a novel, which Norway’s Cappelen Damm published in April, and also has been sold to Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Slovakia and Serbia, according to the Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
Loe and Sæther have known each other since the early 1990s, when Sæther used Loe as an actor in a short film.
Sæther said: “He is a great storyteller, and we felt we could pull this project together. Few films deal with aging people who often feel rejected by society once they have passed their ‘use-by-date’.”
Sæther is an in-house producer at Motlys, where he has »
- jornrossing@aol.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
eOne promotes Sandie Don
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Entertainment One has promoted Sandie Don to head of distribution for its Australian business, Hopscotch/eOne.
In her role, Don will oversee theatrical distribution for Hopscotch/eOne including acquisitions, sales and marketing.
Don, who previously held the role of marketing and acquisitions director, will continue to focus on both the acquisition and distribution of local and international productions as well as the prolific and commercial line up from eOne output partners including Summit and Lakeshore.
Don formed Hopscotch Films in 2002 with partners Troy Lum and Frank Cox. The company is one of Australia’s leading independent film distributors and was subsequently acquired by eOne in 2011.
Don has spearheaded theatrical release campaigns including The Sapphires, Incendies, Source Code, Pan’s Labyrinth, The Wrestler, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Mao’s Last Dancer, The Kids Are All Right, Barney’s Version and Midnight in Paris.
Prior to joining Hopscotch, she headed marketing and publicity for Australian distribution company Dendy Films, creating »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
Tepegöz’s Zerre wins top Moscow prize
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Turkish director Erdem Tepegöz’s social drama The Particle (Zerre) has won the Golden George for Best Film at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival (Miff).
The film’s lead actress, Jale Arikan, also picked up the Best Actress Silver George for her performance as Zeynep, trying to make ends meet in the dusty and dim atmosphere of abandoned apartments evacuated for clearance.
The International Jury under the presidency of Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf awarded the Silver George for Best Director to South Korea’s Jung Young-Heon for Lebanon Emotion (Le-Ba-Non Kam-Jeong).
The Best Actor prize went to Russia’s Alexey Shevchenkov for his title role as Judas in Andrey Bogatyryov’s Judas (Iuda).
The Special Jury award went to The Ravine Of Goodbye (Sayonara Keikoku) by Japan’s Tatsushi Omori.
The Documentary Competition jury - which included Claas Danielsen, director of Dok Leipzig - gave its award to Poland’s Pawel Lozinski for Father And Son (Ojciec »
- screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
BBFC to regulate mobile content
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The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is to take over regulation of mobile internet content from the Mobile Classification Board (Imcb).
The BBFC will handle the ‘Classification Framework’ that enables mobile operators to restrict access to their commercial content considered unsuitable for customers under the age of 18.
This content includes video and Av material as well as mobile games. Mobile operators also use the framework to calibrate internet filters that parents can use to restrict content accessible by children via their internet access service.
The BBFC, which classifies films, DVDs and select video game and ads, will take on its new responsibilities from September 2.
The Imcb had handled the framework since its establishment in 2004.
Hamish MacLeod, chair of the Mobile Broadband Group, commented: “We are very grateful for the excellent work that the Imcb has done over the last eight years to support our code.
“However, with customers increasingly consuming content via mobile networks, we feel that »
- michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
Skillset opens call for training support
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Creative Skillset has now opened its first call for funding for training as part of its new Film Skills Strategy.
The first funding round offers £750,000 to both organisations and individuals, with the latter able to apply for up to 80% to the costs of training for a maximum of £800 in areas of skills shortages such as craft and technical and health and safety. International scholarships are also available.
The applications are due by July 18 for organisations, which can offer subsidized training in the initial priority areas of production management, VFX, career and business acceleration, digital content and audience choice and creative talent development.
Creative Skillset is also launching two new funding schemes for organisations worth £400,000 for the year – Emerging Needs and Innovation. £150,000 will be available in this first round.
The funding is part of Creative Skillset’s new four-year Film Skills Strategy, which runs through 2017. The organisation’s film work is funded by the BFI with National Lottery »
- wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
Skillset opens applications for £750,000 round of training support
6 hours ago
Creative Skillset has now opened its first call for funding for training as part of its new Film Skills Strategy.
The first funding round offers £750,000 to both organisations and individuals, with the latter able to apply for up to 80% to the costs of training for a maximum of £800 in areas of skills shortages such as craft and technical and health and safety. International scholarships are also available.
The applications are due by July 18 for organisations, which can offer subsidized training in the initial priority areas of production management, VFX, career and business acceleration, digital content and audience choice and creative talent development.
Creative Skillset is also launching two new funding schemes for organisations worth £400,000 for the year – Emerging Needs and Innovation. £150,000 will be available in this first round.
The funding is part of Creative Skillset’s new four-year Film Skills Strategy, which runs through 2017. The organisation’s film work is funded by the BFI with National Lottery »
- wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
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